1997 Japanese Grand Prix

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Results from the 1997 Formula One Japanese Grand Prix held at Suzuka on October 12, 1997

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	29:48.4	2	10
2	4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	53	1.378	6	6
3	6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	53	26.384	3	4
4	9	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	27.129	4	3
5	7	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	53	40.403	7	2
6	16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	53	41.63	8	1
7	12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	53	56.825	9
8	8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	53	+1:00.429	5
9	11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	53	+1:22.036	13
10	10	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	52	engine	11
11	1	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	52	+1 lap	17
12	2	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	52	+1 lap	16
13	18	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	52	+1 lap	21
DSQ	3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	53	disqualified	1
Ret	21	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	46	Gearbox	20
Ret	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	46	engine	22
Ret	14	Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	36	engine	10
Ret	15	Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	22	wheel bearing	10
Ret	20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	8	engine	19
Ret	22	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	6	spun off	12
Ret	23	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	3	spun off	14
DNS	17	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	0	Accident in qualifying	0

[edit] Villeneuve disqualification

Jacques Villeneuve's qualification was disqualified because he ignored yellow flags in free practice. He ran under probation because similar incident happened during practice of 1997 Italian Grand Prix. He was suspensed for the race, but Williams team did a protest and Villeneuve was allowed to race, starting from pole position. He finished fifth and the decision was going to be given before next race, but team pulled its protest and Villeneuve was disqualified, but he was then allowed to race in the last race of the season.

[edit] Notes

• Fastest Lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1m 38.942s

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